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The Bahamas [n 1] Commonwealth of The Bahamas BHS English: The Bahamas—Commonwealth of The Bahamas: Nassau: 407,906 13,940 km 2 (5,382 sq mi) Bahamian dollar: Barbados [n 1] BRB English: Barbados: Bridgetown: 281,200 431 km 2 (166 sq mi) Barbadian dollar: Belize [n 1] [n 2] BLZ English: Belize: Belmopan: 400,031 22,966 km 2 (8,867 sq mi ...
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
Map of the Bahamas Most of the Bahamas are the above-water part of the Bahama Banks (light blue). During the ice ages these would have been two large islands The landmass that makes up what is the modern-day Bahamas, lies at the northern part of the Greater Antilles region and was believed to have been formed 200 million years ago when they ...
In a general sense, the Caribbean can be taken to mean all the nations in and around the Caribbean Sea that lie within an area that stretches from The Bahamas in the north to Guyana in the south, and Suriname in the east to Belize in the west in a general sense. This is an expanse (mostly of ocean) which measures about 1,000 miles (1,600 ...
† Physiographically, these are continental islands not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc. Based on proximity, these islands are sometimes grouped with the Windward Islands culturally and politically. ~ Disputed territories administered by Colombia. ^ The United Nations geoscheme includes Mexico in Central America. [27]
The Commonwealth of Nations, some of whose countries in America are monarchies, including: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the British Overseas Territories.
MSC Meraviglia passengers didn’t get the balmy getaway they were expecting when their Bahamas itinerary was changed to New England and Canada because of bad weather.
Latin America and the Caribbean-extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile. Central America—the countries south of Mexico and north of Colombia. The Caribbean. South America—all the countries south of Panama. Within this scheme, the continent of America includes Northern America, Central America, the Caribbean and South ...